What is the "Saving at home" program?
The "Saving at Home" is a co-funded program that provides incentives to citizens to improve the energy efficiency of their home, saving money and energy and increasing its value.
Residencies subsidized
The types of homes can receive grants from the program are: the house, the building for the part related to a whole of apartments of the building and the individual apartment that meet the following criteria:
Eligible residence
Eligible residence is the house, the building for the part related to all the apartments of the building, as well as the individual apartment.
To qualify a block of flats as a whole of the apartments of the building, as an eligible residence, the following must be met:
At least 50% of the properties (apartments and not) should be used as a residence. They do not qualify as eligible property if they are not used for residence (e.g. a shop in ground floor of the building).
Following a decision by the general meeting, an application is a representative of all owners of apartments with data on the satisfaction of the eligibility of the building, and individual applications from each of the apartment owners, who wish to join the program.
An Energy Efficiency Certificate regarding the total of the building used as a residence is submitted.
For each eligible residence only one application must be submitted. The registration of more than one application for the same eligible residence by the same person or another co-owner leads to the rejection of all applications.
In the above context no more than one application can be submitted for the same building. The registration of more than one application for the building leads to the rejection of all applications.
Participation right
Only natural persons have the right to participate in this program that:
- Have the right of ownership (full or bare) or usufruct in an eligible residence,
- Meet the income criteria of the following categories A1, A2 or B.
In case of joint ownership rights in an eligible residence the application is made by one of the joint owners with the agreement of the others, who declare their consent.
The Program is aimed at citizens / beneficiaries whose income falls into three categories, with distinct motives by category.
Specifically:
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Category of BENEFICIARIES |
A1 |
A2 |
B |
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Personal Income |
Α.Ε. ≤12.000€ |
12.000€ < Α.Ε. ≤ 40.000€ |
40.000€ < Α.Ε. ≤ 60.000€ |
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Family Income |
Ο.Ε. ≤ 20.000€ |
20.000€ < Ο.Ε. ≤ 60.000€ |
60.000€ < Ο.Ε. ≤ 80.000€ |
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Incentive |
70% Grant 30% Interest-free Loan (interest subsidy of 100% up until the 31.12.2015) |
35% Grant 65% Interest-free Loan (interest subsidy of 100% up until the 31.12.2015) |
85% Interest-free Loan (interest subsidy of 100% up until the 31.12.2015)
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A possibility of receiving a 4/5/6-year loan, with or without a guarantor, without mortgage property, direct loan repayment without charges, and payment of suppliers / contractors through the bank without the involvement of citizens. With the inclusion in the program a deposit 40% of the budget of the application is provided.
Inclusion in the program requires energy audits (before and after the interventions), the cost of which is covered 100% by the program after the successful implementation of the project.
Additionally, costs for project consultant fees are covered, up to 250 € without VAT
NOTE: For each category of beneficiaries, as reported income, the "total declared income" of Section C "Settlement of I.T." of the statement income tax note is obtained.
The eligible budget per beneficiary application can not exceed 15.000 € VAT included (eligible operations budget)
